American - Politician | February 3, 1974 -
My mother did not raise me to ask for permission to lead.
Ayanna Pressley
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Our immigration system is fundamentally broken, and ICE's role in supporting the existing system - including separating families seeking refuge in the United States and conducting indiscriminate deportation raids in our communities - is creating an atmosphere of toxic fear and mistrust in immigrant communities.
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As I have always said, those closest to the pain should be closest to the power.
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We should be uncomfortable with the growing gaps in our society, and we cannot allow ourselves to become desensitized to these injustices.
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I would not invest in a Trump hate wall. We don't need to be protected from immigrants that are coming here seeking asylum and refuge.
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There's something to be said for perseverance.
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I don't think people that make history set out to make it.
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If elected, I will work with federal leaders to rehouse the non-immigration enforcement functions of ICE - including human trafficking and money laundering investigations - elsewhere in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security while immediately eliminating funding for enforcement and removal functions.
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I've always had a love affair with Boston.
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An increase in bicycle ridership brings an increased need for measures to ensure the safety of cyclists.
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Thanks to my mother's sacrifices, I was able to attend one of the best schools in Chicago.
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Raising me as a single parent, my mother held many jobs. Most of them had to do with the betterment and the advancement of our community and society at large. I grew up seeing her active in ministries at our church, with the homeless, as a social worker, with elderly, with youth, as a children's rights organizer with the Urban League of Chicago.
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